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CLAUDIUS GALEN: FROM A 20TH CENTURY GENITOURINARY PERSPECTIVE

1999; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 161; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0022-5347(01)62046-9

1527-3792

David A. Bloom, Mark T. Milen, Joseph Heininger,

History of Medical Practice

No AccessJournal of UrologyClinical Urology: Historical Article1 Jan 1999CLAUDIUS GALEN: FROM A 20TH CENTURY GENITOURINARY PERSPECTIVE DAVID A. BLOOM, MARK T. MILEN, and JOSEPH C. HEININGER DAVID A. BLOOMDAVID A. BLOOM Requests for reprints: Division of Urology, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 East Medical Center Dr., 2916 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0330. More articles by this author , MARK T. MILENMARK T. MILEN More articles by this author , and JOSEPH C. HEININGERJOSEPH C. HEININGER More articles by this author View All Author Informationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62046-9AboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareFacebookLinked InTwitterEmail Abstract Purpose: We review the life and contributions of Claudius Galen from a 20th century perspective and examine his genitourinary observations. Materials and Methods: All obtainable English translations of Galen's works were explored in addition to relevant commentaries. Results: Galen's remarkable observations and novel concepts expanded medical knowledge in general and contributed to fundamental genitourinary principles in particular. Galen was one of the first to describe correctly the function of kidneys and explain micturition. Among his many neologisms he coined the term ureter, and he was probably the first to recognize the value of a competent ureterovesical valve. Galen advocated catheterization for urinary obstruction. He was a teacher, practitioner and philosopher, and wrote voluminously. Conclusions: Galen's influence on medical theory, terminology and practice remained unquestioned in Europe and the Middle East throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance. References 1 : Galen's Hygiene. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas1951: xvii. xix-xx, 9, 134 and 273. 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